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Publication Account

Date 2013

Event ID 979765

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

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An active fishing harbour. Thomas Telford built a central pier in 1819. This was used to enclose the west harbour in 1842 and the Gutty Harbour in 1859. Outer breakwaters were added in 1959 and 1970, and inner storm gates were added. A barometer (1871), kipper houses and warehouses stand on the piers, and a leading light is in a brick tower on the road down the hill. The historic inshore rescue boat Maggie Law, launched in 1890, is displayed in the lifeboat house (tel 01561 361454)

Paxton and Shipway 2007, p69; Telford Atlas.

M Watson, 2013

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